Legion of Super-Heroes #2 review

On the watchworld Panoptes, the Legion Espionage Squad has been surprised by a Daxamite. Armed with all the powers of a Kryptonian, the newcomer Res-Vir incapacitates Chemical Kid, Ultra Boy, Dragonwing and Chameleon Boy, and forces Phantom Girl to flee, and hide. On Earth, Brainiac 5 is assessing new Legionnaire Glorith’s mystic shield and barely […]

Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes #1 review

‘The time bubble wasn’t designed to handle this kind of strain!’ Now there’s a Star Trekky line if ever I heard one, but this being a crossover, it’s spoken by a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Brainiac 5 has been steering team-mates Chameleon Boy, Shadow Lass, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad back […]

Supergirl #2 review

Superman arrives in Siberia to talk to the recently arrived young woman wearing his family crest. She wants to know who this guy is wearing her family crest. And why does he claim to be cousin Kal, the baby she cuddled just three days ago. Unimpressed by his spoken Kryptonian, Kara Zor-El hits out. Again and again […]

Uncanny X-Men #544 review

It’s the last-ever issue of Uncanny X-Men. Until next month’s Uncanny X-Men #1, that is. Still, let’s pretend it’s the end, it’s the least writer Kieron Gillen deserves for the effort he’s putting in here. The book opens with a version of the first-ever page featuring the X-Men, and it’s sheer delight (click on image to […]

Wonder Woman #2 review

The deranged fashion model type is Strife, an Olympian dedicated to discord. She shows up on Paradise Island and strikes at the Amazons, who are harbouring the mortal Zola, latest in a long line of human women to be impregnated by Zeus, King of the Gods. Zola has been brought there by Diana, Princess of the Amazons and known […]

Red Hood and the Outlaws #2 review

Eighteen months ago, the newly resurrected Jason Todd was taken to a mystical place by assassin queen Talia Al-Ghul and introduced to three thousand-year-old sensei Ducra. She trained the former Robin in ancient fighting techniques and while she didn’t knock the arrogance out of him, she won the respect of the future Red Hood. Today, […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12 review

There’s been a break-in at the House of Mystery. Who ya gonna call? Why, Batman and Zatanna, of course, the detective and the magician. The House’s proprietor, Cain, greets the pair, and introduces his brother Abel … transformed into a tree. Changing him back is easy for Zee, but the big question is: who did […]

Legion Lost #2 review

After pursuing a terrorist into the 21st century, a team of Legionnaires find themselves trapped. Their time bubble is destroyed, their flight rings have cut out, a pathogen has been released into the air … and Chameleon Girl and Gates are missing, presumed dead, You might forgive WIldfire, Dawnstar, Timber Wolf, Tyroc and Tellus were […]

My Greatest Adventure #1 review

Last year DC gave us the Weird Worlds anthology, six issues of great-looking, flighty fun. Here’s the sequel, with two of the three stars of that book back, while the irritating Lobo is, happily, gone. The first returnee is Garbage Man, the Swamp Man-Thing creation of artist-writer Aaron Lopresti (who provides this issue’s lovely cover). […]

Batgirl #2 review

There comes a time in every cover’s life when the logo has to be compromised. For the Batgirl masthead, this issue is it. OK, so it’s only #2, but look at that gathering of verticles … there’s Batgirl, tombstone, villain and logo shadow, it’s like a flaming totem pole. Lose the bat-background, move the ‘Batgirl’ […]